1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Were you born stupid, Heinrich, or did you have to study?

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”― Robert A. Heinlein, writing as Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love

Должно быть, в человеческом сердце глубоко сидит страстное желание не дать другим жить так, как им хочется. Правила, законы — но всегда для других людей.

Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.

Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.

As for logic and internal consistency, these mundane rules do not apply to sacred writings and never have...

Freedom is a hard habit to break.

Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable, changing their meanings without any pattern.

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